Chapter 169: Funeral
Li Wei looked stunned, he didn't notice this incident at all.
Shen Jiangtao continued: "The shadow is pressed in the coffin is a big taboo in the funeral, I didn't pay attention to it at first, for this funeral, I also felt very cumbersome at the beginning, generally this kind of cumbersome things, are to cover up something, but I haven't seen any difference, until just now, I found out that when doing some rituals, the shadow of your whole person is reflected at the bottom of the coffin." ”
This taboo, in the funeral feng shui, appears as a precursor to the evil.
Shen Jiangtao has not been in contact with many things in the feng shui of the funeral school, and he can still have some clues in terms of finding a few Yin Mansion cemeteries, and the funeral is now his first contact, and he is not good at it.
After hearing Shen Jiangtao's words, Li Wei suddenly sighed, as if he had thought of something, and blurted out: "Did this have anything to do with the darkness in front of my eyes just now?" ”
Li Wei suddenly thought that Miss Li had deliberately asked someone to open the curtains just now to let the sunlight in so that a shadow could be formed, coupled with Master Ruan's seemingly unintentional but deliberate arrangement, which was really a bit reverie, but why did they do this?
When the two were puzzled, there was a sudden knock on the door, and an anxious voice from a maid sounded outside the door: "Mr. Li, the official funeral is about to begin...... Master Ruan is waiting for you over there......"
"Alright, I got it!" Li Wei agreed, glanced at his watch, the current time is nine fifty-eight, and Shen Jiangtao said something to pay attention to, and the two left the room and returned to the hall.
In the quiet and solemn mourning hall, there are black and white couplets pasted on both sides, and the smoke emitted from the incense burner covers the remains of the image, which does not look very clear, looming, and the atmosphere in the hall seems a little strange.
There were dozens of men and women around, all dressed in traditional Vietnamese filial piety clothes, each with a small strip of white cloth on their heads.
With Master Ruan, a bell was rattled.
The men and women knelt on either side of the altar, all looking sad, and the whole mourning hall was exceptionally quiet, and occasionally three or two sobs could be heard in it. The leader kneeling was Miss Li, who was sobbing and wiping tears from her face with her hands.
"Worship the coffin!" Master Ruan's yin and yang voice sounded, breaking the silence of the mourning hall.
Li Wei and Miss Li held the ends of a red carpet at the same time, spread it in front of the coffin and connected it to the door, and then kowtowed to the coffin a few times.
After doing this, the two came to the left side of the coffin and knelt down to pick up the relatives and friends who were about to worship the incense.
After that, there was a monotonous repetition of the worship ceremony and the sound of those monotonous cycles of chanting, which made the onlookers star fruit and Miao Li and others couldn't help but yawn a few times, and there was a strong fragrance in the mourning hall, and the whole atmosphere seemed a little stuffy, making several people in it drowsy.
Shen Jiangtao watched the whole process intently, he observed the entire mourning hall casually, I don't know why, he always felt unsteady in his heart, something was going to happen.
The whole funeral went on in an orderly manner, after relatives and friends were worshipping, Li Wei politely helped up Miss Li, whose feet were numb, and I don't know if Miss Li was deliberately or really numb in her legs and feet, just when she was about to stand up straight, she suddenly lost her voice, and at the same time, she immediately fell into Li Wei's arms with a tilt, and it took a while before she slowly stood up.
At this time, Master Ruan asked the two of them to tie the jute used to support the corpse around their waists, and then gave each of them a small red light, and then Master Ruan began to shake the handbell and read: "Wrap up the coffin!" ”
The crowd began to be led by Master Ruan, followed by Li Wei and Miss Li, and then some men and women wearing linen and filial piety or people who came to worship, and after three circles from the left and three circles from the right, Li Wei and Miss Li thanked the people who came to worship again.
It didn't take long for Master Ruan to choose a time to prepare for the initiation ceremony.
"The time has come, and the initiation ceremony begins!" Master Ruan shook the handbell, and then everyone came to the coffin, and under Master Ruan's instructions, Li Wei came to the head of the coffin and carried it. The rest of the men hurriedly tied the poles to the coffin.
At the same time, a layer of lime was sprinkled on the bottom of the coffin.
After doing this, Li Wei put down the coffin, came to the coffin half a step in front of the big head, picked up the clay pot where everyone burned paper money when worshipping, and then threw it to the ground and smashed it.
At the same time, the barmen who were responsible for carrying the coffin lifted the coffin, Li Wei got up and picked up the prepared soul flag, and the funeral team led by Master Ruan began to walk out, and Miss Li knelt at the gate to thank the people who came to pay their respects......
Shen Jiangtao followed the hearse for nearly an hour, and came to a very desolate looking hillside, surrounded by mountains, and his aura was very good.
"Look at this place, there is a green dragon winding on the left, a white tiger bowing down on the right, a vermilion bird dancing in front, and a Xuanwu hanging down in the back, it is really a rich and noble place with excellent feng shui!"
Suddenly, I heard a voice sound, and looked at the voice, a middle-aged man with a thin and tall figure, a face that looked weathered, but also looked like a fairy wind and bones, was walking up from another road in the mountain with a dozen young people, he was pointing around while walking, looking at him as if he was playing in the landscape, and as if he was telling something to the people around him.
Shen Jiangtao felt that something was abnormal, so he gave Miao Li a look.
"Sir, how did you see the four elephants here?" Miao Li walked over and asked the middle-aged man, in the Feng Shui Club, although Miao Li is not a high-level Feng Shui master, she still has some understanding of the basic four elephant topography of Feng Shui.
Shen Jiangtao stood beside Miao Li and was silent, he felt a deliberately suppressed luck from the middle-aged man, this middle-aged man must be a feng shui master, and his attainments are not low, Shen Jiangtao did not take the liberty to show up, let Miao Li ask about the temptation, he waited quietly for the middle-aged man's explanation.
Miao Li's words suddenly made the dozen or so young people beside the middle-aged man show a rather disdainful look on their faces.
It is not difficult to see from the faces of the young people that they obviously feel that it is a very natural thing to see the four elephants here.
Miao Li didn't pay attention to their gazes, just looked at the middle-aged man and waited for his answer.
"Those who have flowing water are called green dragons, those who have long paths are called white tigers, those who have pools are called vermilion birds, and those who have hills are called Xuanwu." The middle-aged man recited these words for a long time, and did not answer Miao Li directly.